.reg file: how to open it on Windows

5 Windows apps register the .reg extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format

Windows Registry extract

MIME type

text/x-ms-regedit

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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  Notepad3

  Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code.

  Free 7.26.602.1 84.4K ↓ ★ 6.7K
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  Spyder

  Scientific Python Development Environment similar to matlab

  Open source 6.1.7 ★ 9.4K
• P
  PSPad editor (x86)

  The Developer’s Text Editor for Microsoft Windows

  Free 5.5.2.851
• P
  PSPad editor (x64)

  The Developer’s Text Editor for Microsoft Windows

  Free 5.5.2.851
• E
  EverEdit

  Professional Text & Source Editor

  Proprietary 4.5.0.4500

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